Coongulla

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 297 people in Coongulla of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Coongulla was 53 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.6% of the population.

Of people in Coongulla aged 15 years and over, 68.3% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Coongulla was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Coongulla, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Coongulla was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 22 years.

In Coongulla 25.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.3% were in primary school, 22.4% in secondary school and 13.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Coongulla were English 33.2%, Australian 29.4%, Irish 13.4%, Scottish 11.0% and German 2.4%.

In Coongulla, 83.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.0%, Egypt 1.4%, Netherlands 1.4%, Scotland 1.4% and New Zealand 1.0%.

In Coongulla, 79.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Coongulla were No Religion 25.7%, Catholic 25.3%, Anglican 23.0%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4%.

In Coongulla 93.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 1.0%.

Employment

There were 130 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Coongulla. Of these 61.5% were employed full time, 26.9% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Coongulla, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 56.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Coongulla was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Coongulla were Managers 30.8%, Professionals 17.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Labourers 12.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.7% and Sales Workers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Coongulla, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 14.5%, School Education 6.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.1% and Building Installation Services 5.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Coongulla was $502.

In Coongulla, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 62.1%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Walked only 4.3% and Truck 3.4%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Coongulla, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.8% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.9% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Coongulla, 25.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Coongulla, 31.0% were couple families with children, 58.6% were couple families without children and 10.3% were one parent families.

In Coongulla 42.9% of single parents were male and 57.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Coongulla, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $949 and those without children was $1,562.

Employment status of couple families

In Coongulla, of couple families with children, 12.3% had both partners employed full-time, 6.8% had both employed part-time and 15.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Coongulla, 34.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 65.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coongulla, 96.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.6% were other dwellings.

In Coongulla, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 13.3% had 2 bedrooms and 52.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Coongulla, 48.6% were owned outright, 32.4% were owned with a mortgage and 18.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Coongulla, of all households, 70.5% were family households, 29.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Coongulla, 36.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Coongulla, 33.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Coongulla, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 0 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Coongulla, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Coongulla, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.